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that would eventually became the wrestling room. This would leave them with a shortfall of <br />$1,897,491. <br />Neil Pedersen said that he agrees that they are faced with the same difficulties as the County <br />and the OCS. The high school is tied to SAPFO and time is of the essence. They are still <br />working towards an opening date of 2007. <br />Commissioner Halkiotis said that no one envisioned that the construction costs would be <br />increasing so much but they have, due to increases in the costs of materials like steel and <br />concrete. He suggested that the Board of County Commissioners ask the Manager, two <br />superintendents, two school board chairs, and the Board of County Commissioners' Chair to <br />serve on a small group to meet about how things can be scheduled when the money will <br />actually be needed. <br />Chair Jacobs said that they have been meeting regularly and after the Board has its capital <br />spending work session, then one of the collaboration meetings could be used to discuss this. <br />Neil Pedersen said that he wanted to clarify his view of start-up casts. He said that sometimes i1 <br />sounds like start-up casts and one-time costs are synonymous, but this is not accurate. He said <br />that one-time costs are included in the capital budget. The start-up costs that are a problem for <br />them are the additional positions that are typically locally funded when starting up a new school. <br />Libbie Hough said that they have both kinds of casts too and bath are a concern for them too <br />The meeting was adjourned at 9:45 p.m. <br />2. CountylOCS/CHCCS Informational Reports <br />The written reports were not discussed, and were just provided as information <br />a. 2004-05 Adopted School Budgets <br />b. 20t" Day Student Membership for 2004-05 <br />c. Update on Economic Development Advances <br />d. School Fund Balance Policy <br />e. 2004-14 School CIPs and Orange County Debt Issuance Schedule <br />Barry Jacobs, Chair <br />Donna S. Baker <br />Clerk to the Board <br />